An exceptional eighteenth century slip decorated red earthenware pot with its original lid from Charlestown, Massachusetts, will receive a significant amount of attention in my new two-volume tenth book, An Early Industry of Household Wares: The Red Earthenware of Salem Village, Danvers, Peabody, Beverly and Salem, Massachusetts. Running two volumes and packing more than 1,900 pages, this new study dives deep into regional pottery history, spanning the seventeenth to the twentieth century.
This specific pot was featured on the cover of my third book, The Dawn of Independence, the Death of an Industry: The Pottery of Charlestown, Massachusetts. Beyond its publication history, the pot has played a vital role in hands-on historical research. In 2014, it was brought to the City of Boston Archaeology Department, where it was directly compared to artifacts recovered in Charlestown during the Big Dig project in the 1980s. The following year, it went on display during a presentation at Historic Eastfield Village’s Ceramic Conference (Dish Camp) in Eastern New York. Today, it stands as one of fewer than ten known examples of Charlestown red earthenware made before the Battle of Bunker Hill on June 17, 1775, to be successfully identified through archaeology.
Now, this remarkable survivor will help bridge the gap between Charlestown and the North Shore of Massachusetts potting traditions in my upcoming tenth book. Stay tuned for more updates as the official publication date draws near!
Link to the Charlestown book: https://historicbeverly.net/product/the-dawn-of-independence-the-death-of-an-industry/.
Please Stay Tuned...Much More to Come...
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